Haters Gonna Quiz Quiz Quiz

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I’m Martha Barnette.

And I’m Grant Barrett, and we’re joined by that hilarious fellow, our quiz guy, the master of trivia, John Chanesky.

Hi, John.

Hey, Grant. Hi, Martha. How are you guys?

I have, you know, I’ve got this new attitude these days. It’s sort of like, yeah, you know, like, whatever. You know the phrase, haters gonna hate, you know? To wit, to wit, don’t get stressed over those who give you grief. They’re the type of people who give grief in any situation.

You know those teens down at the mall parking lot? The ones speeding around on their decks and pulling ollies and nollies and outside front 80s?

Yeah, skaters gonna skate.

Skaters gonna skate, man, yeah, exactly.

Now, here are a few more instances in which people or things just do what they’re gonna do. Now, I know you have a crush on that handsome guy down at the Olive Garden, but you can’t just request to be seated in his section and then try to flirt with him all night. You know what they say.

Oh, boy. The hot guy’s Olive Garden. Now, you can’t just request to be seated in his section and then try to flirt with him all night.

Waiter’s going to wait?

Yeah, man.

Waiter’s going to wait. He’s going to wait.

Yeah.

Oh, I see they’re all rhyming with hate. Is that it?

Pretty much, yeah.

Oh, okay. You got it. Got it.

Oh, ouch. If you are a waiter down at the Olive Garden and someone wants cheese on their fettuccine, you have to be really careful with that metal thingy. You know, you can hurt yourself. You know what they say.

Grater’s gonna grate.

Grater’s gonna grate. And scraper’s gonna scrape.

But then, sometimes things do something you don’t necessarily expect them to do. For example, I say, when I returned to my family’s estate from university, I was quite surprised at how good my parents had gotten at chess.

Well, you know what they say.

Mater’s gonna mate.

Mater’s gonna mate. She’s so good.

Oh, I love the layers in that.

Thank you, yes. When that huge meteorite hit the moon, guess what we found in the center of that huge depression? A wooden box. No surprise.

Crater’s gonna crate.

Crater’s gonna crate, yes, that’s true.

Yeah. I don’t know why that’s funny, because it’s so ridiculous. It’s just funny, it doesn’t make any sense.

It doesn’t make any sense, but it’s true. It’s very true.

Here we go. Benedict Arnold. He did that thing I guess he’s genetically predisposed to do.

Well, you know what they say.

Traitor’s going to trait?

Trait, yeah.

Traitor’s going to trait. This one’s sort of a conceptual one. It divides the earth into northern and southern halves, but even though those halves are not quite the same, somehow it makes it work.

You know what they say.

Equator’s going to equate.

Equator’s going to equate. Somehow.

Finally, fans of Star Wars know that Darth Maul and Darth Sidious can tell you that the Sith, formerly known as Anakin Skywalker, will do what he’d do.

You know what they say.

Vader’s going to vaid?

Vader’s going to vaid. I guess it’s a thing.

Vader’s going to evade?

I don’t know.

Of course. Now, of course, if you didn’t like this puzzle, hey, again, haters going to hate. But I thought it went pretty well.

You guys are great. Congratulations.

Thanks, John. Really appreciate it.

Thanks, John.

Thank you, guys. Talk to you next time.

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